A VBScript equivalent of PHP’s dirname

Function dirname(path)

    Dim d
    d = preg_replace("/￥￥/","/",path,",")

    If inStr(d,"/") > 0 Then
        d = preg_replace("//[^/]*/?$/",",d,",")
    Else
        d = "."
    End If
    dirname = d

End Function

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